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here's romney's worst moment of the night. it didn't come at the hands of gingrich, but at rick santorum. the third-man-in this fight. the form er -- let's watch a rel attack here from santorum. >> what governor romney just said is that the government run top down medicine is working well in massachusetts and he supports it. now think about what that means going up against barack obama, who you're going to claim top down government doesn't work and repeal it. he's going to say wait a minute. you just said it works well. >> if someone doesn't have insurance, then we have to care for them in the hospital. give them free care. no more free riders. we're insisting on personal responsibility. does everybody in massachusetts have a requirement to buy health care? >> everyone has a requirement to either by health care or pay the state for the cost of providing them free care. >> in a perfect world, susan and howard, the president of the united states would hire mitt romney to explain his health care plan. that's a perfect rendition o
here's romney's worst moment of the night. it didn't come at the hands of gingrich, but at rick santorum. the third-man-in this fight. the form er -- let's watch a rel attack here from santorum. >> what governor romney just said is that the government run top down medicine is working well in massachusetts and he supports it. now think about what that means going up against barack obama, who you're going to claim top down government doesn't work and repeal it. he's going to say wait a...
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they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> that was president obama during a los angeles fund-raiser last night acknowledging that his debate performance didn't live up to hollywood standards. governor romney is trying to keep his debate act alive shedding his wooden image for a more human mitt. he told the emotional story of helping a young member of the mormon church who was dying of leukemia. >> through all this david had the kind of strength and courage and maturity you see in so many of our young people, so many of the people in this great nation of ours. i thought of the wonderful slogan later, clear eyes, full heart, can't lose. >> joining the panel now ar ari melver of the nation and nicholas cantasori of the new york times t. yes. >> that's who he is. >> let's talk about the strategy. the president, just forget about wednesday. think about friday. mitt romney forget about friday, remember wednesday. who is selling themselves better this week in your opinion? >> mitt romney is doing a gr
they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> that was president obama during a los angeles fund-raiser last night acknowledging that his debate performance didn't live up to hollywood standards. governor romney is trying to keep his debate act alive shedding his wooden image for a more human mitt. he told the emotional story of helping a young member of the mormon church who was dying of leukemia. >> through all this david had the kind of strength and...
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world as romney played it safe, agreeing with many of the president's positions all night. good morning, i'm willie geist. this is another special edition of rockerfeller. we are set up again at rack's downtown eatery in boca raton. last night the american public got its last side by side-view of the candidates before election day, two weeks from today. polls showing this race as tight as it can be. the president and governor romney sought to leave an impression on the tens of millions of americans watching at home before they head to the voting booths. let's go through what we saw in that debate hall last night at lynn university. the foreign policy issue many predicted would dominate the high, the attack in bengahzi essentially swept under the rug. out of the gate, the candidates focusing on a wide range of issues from iran to afghanistan and for a while even the auto bailout. less than five minutes into the debate, romney mentioned the death of osama bin laden. president obama came out as the aggressor and quickly fired back. >> a we're seeing is a dramatic reversal in t
world as romney played it safe, agreeing with many of the president's positions all night. good morning, i'm willie geist. this is another special edition of rockerfeller. we are set up again at rack's downtown eatery in boca raton. last night the american public got its last side by side-view of the candidates before election day, two weeks from today. polls showing this race as tight as it can be. the president and governor romney sought to leave an impression on the tens of millions of...
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>> mitt romney continues to clean up after last night's disaster. mother jones has released the full video of a mitt romney fundraiser and it gets even worse for the republican. tonight senator bernie sanders on america's first glimpse of the real mitt romney. bob shrum on the victims mitt romney is dismissing. and richard wolf on romney's disastrous view of the middle east. >>> good to have you with us. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. for the better part of the year, mitt romney struggled to let voters know who he is. finally the real mitt romney stood up and it's not a pretty sight and very confusing. the hidden camera video from a fundraiser has been released in full. at one point during the $50,000 per plate dinner, romney talked about how he is refining his stump speech. less than 60 seconds after romney said president obama puts americans against each other, romney answered this question. >> romney claims the president is causing resentment mean americans. but romney himself is outlining a class war between two distinct halv
>> mitt romney continues to clean up after last night's disaster. mother jones has released the full video of a mitt romney fundraiser and it gets even worse for the republican. tonight senator bernie sanders on america's first glimpse of the real mitt romney. bob shrum on the victims mitt romney is dismissing. and richard wolf on romney's disastrous view of the middle east. >>> good to have you with us. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. for the better...
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he says the president sank romney's battle ship last night. what are undecided voters saying? brian williams will be spending two days on the campaign trail with president obama as he sets out on that seven-state campaign swing. we'll have some of brian's reporting from the trail tomorrow on the show. and here's a look ahead at the schedules today. president obama, they keep saying they're departing del ray, florida. it's delray beach, it's delray beach, that's where my grand month lives. mitt romney is heading west. you're watching "the daily rundo rundown" on msnbc. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they he
he says the president sank romney's battle ship last night. what are undecided voters saying? brian williams will be spending two days on the campaign trail with president obama as he sets out on that seven-state campaign swing. we'll have some of brian's reporting from the trail tomorrow on the show. and here's a look ahead at the schedules today. president obama, they keep saying they're departing del ray, florida. it's delray beach, it's delray beach, that's where my grand month lives. mitt...
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the romney of last night or the romney of the past two months? >> this has to give him a lift, right? >> yeah, a lift, the confidence that he didn't have before, perhaps. we'll see. >> jim vandehei, thanks so much, jim. we'll talk to you later. >> take care. >>> coming up next, it only took them 162 games, but the oakland a's last night caught up and passed the texas rangers. >> that's unbelievable. moneyball. >> capturing the a.l. west title on the final day of the season. we'll have that and the rest of the playoff picture in sports. >> the red sox almost did that last night. >>> before we get to sports, let's check in with music city, usa, where it's 5:38 in the morning. jon meacham, are you still awake and with us? >> oh, hey. >> good. jon, where's lunch today? if i were you, i'd go to rotier's or loveless, but your call. >> i'm a longtime rotier's fan. the other is ledbetter's. >> don't forget, rotier's has american cheese and crackers as their lead appetizer. >> ritz. that's the difference. that's the difference. think of the markup on that
the romney of last night or the romney of the past two months? >> this has to give him a lift, right? >> yeah, a lift, the confidence that he didn't have before, perhaps. we'll see. >> jim vandehei, thanks so much, jim. we'll talk to you later. >> take care. >>> coming up next, it only took them 162 games, but the oakland a's last night caught up and passed the texas rangers. >> that's unbelievable. moneyball. >> capturing the a.l. west title on the...
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that's what romney did last night. every time obama said you have a $5 trillion tax cut, he said no i don't. the truth is we don't know what it is. as he's running for president, i think it's information that we're frankly entitled to. >> let me play another clip. the president criticized romney for a lack of specifics in the tax plan and wall street reform and health care. that's how that went down. >> my experience as a governor is if i come in and lay down a piece of legislation and say, it's my way or the highway, i don't get a lot done. what i do is the same way that tip o'neal and ronald reagan worked together some years ago. when ronald reagan ran for office, he laid out the principles that he was going to foster. >> so it's about principles, not actual hard plans. in a million years did you ever think that a victory could come out of this debate base odd vagueness? i ask that because knowing in we knew all of the weapons both could quite honestly use and weapons the moderator would have available to press both
that's what romney did last night. every time obama said you have a $5 trillion tax cut, he said no i don't. the truth is we don't know what it is. as he's running for president, i think it's information that we're frankly entitled to. >> let me play another clip. the president criticized romney for a lack of specifics in the tax plan and wall street reform and health care. that's how that went down. >> my experience as a governor is if i come in and lay down a piece of legislation...
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this was the type of performance that romney brought last night. bill crystal in "the weekly standard" said, romney comes out of the debate with momentum. can his campaign turn a good debate into a true inflection point in the presidential race? so in your estimation, your guy went up against mitt romney in the primary and debates, how does this mitt romney last night compare to the one that your guy debated against and then how does romney seize on this moment to keep up that momentum in the final days? >> well, first of all, i'm not the least bit surprised mitt romney did as well as he did. he did well in the 20 debates rick santorum went up against him. i would also argue one of the big advantages romney had going into the debate was he did have to debate rick santorum, he did have to debate newt gingrich. it is like having a preseason. and the president didn't have that. i think the other key thing that came out of this is the presidential race for all practical purposes actually started last night. a lot of people just didn't know mitt romney
this was the type of performance that romney brought last night. bill crystal in "the weekly standard" said, romney comes out of the debate with momentum. can his campaign turn a good debate into a true inflection point in the presidential race? so in your estimation, your guy went up against mitt romney in the primary and debates, how does this mitt romney last night compare to the one that your guy debated against and then how does romney seize on this moment to keep up that...
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and romney started the night with an interesting note. as something of an ice breaker, each candidate got to give a statement. what was romney's tip off that it was time to wrap up? let's watch. >> i want to restore america's promise and i'm going to do that. as george costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop. >> a little bit of a nod to "seinfeld." it's the episode where jerry teaches george to end every conversation on a high note. watch and remember. >> showmanship, george. when you hit the high note, you say good night and walk off. >> all right. that's it for me. good night, everybody. >> what was that? >> showmanship. george is trying to get out on a high note. >> it's really jerry's line. that aside, actor jason alexander, the real guy and the face of george costanza on "sinefeld" took to twitter last night with his reaction to romney's line. "thrilled governor romney enjoys my old character. i enjoyed the character he used to be too. if he'd embrace that again, he'd be a great candidate. in other words, going back to bein
and romney started the night with an interesting note. as something of an ice breaker, each candidate got to give a statement. what was romney's tip off that it was time to wrap up? let's watch. >> i want to restore america's promise and i'm going to do that. as george costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop. >> a little bit of a nod to "seinfeld." it's the episode where jerry teaches george to end every conversation on a high note. watch and remember. >>...
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i think it was a good night for romney, bad night for obama. but the real thing is, it is this really start of a countertrend or an anomalous event. >> that's the big thing. there's no question that obama can easily get through this and get over this. >> let me make two points. the first is -- >> you are the host. >> they say, although sometimes -- >> new york the jim lehrer of today's discussion. >> i'm going to shrink down in my chair. i'm going to come back from that, governor. what i will say is, you know, in terms of this debate, i found one part of it, which was really refreshing, it was pretty wonky. it was pretty substantive. >> the b.s. wonk. >> what's that? >> b.s. wonk. >> mitt romney was floating policies out there -- >> united states has the best health outcomes in the world? >> it was not -- that's it, it was not a lot of one-liners and zingers. >> a couple of good one-liners. people forgot. i've been in business for 25 years, i have no idea what you're talking about, that's pretty good. >> i need to consult with my accountant is
i think it was a good night for romney, bad night for obama. but the real thing is, it is this really start of a countertrend or an anomalous event. >> that's the big thing. there's no question that obama can easily get through this and get over this. >> let me make two points. the first is -- >> you are the host. >> they say, although sometimes -- >> new york the jim lehrer of today's discussion. >> i'm going to shrink down in my chair. i'm going to come...
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called mitt romney out for what he did last night. not just about his $5 trillion tax cut but a number of other things. and, you know, we'll continue doing that. as i was listening to your piece coming into me, and you talked about our ad. we went on the air today. we're going to continue doing it pointing out all the things mitt romney said last night that are basically not true. it's almost as if he forgot what the last six years of running for president meant. >> yeah. so are you -- i mean, there was a multi -- there were millions of people watching last night. over 60 million people watching. it was the biggest watch debate since 1980. are you worried people will believe mitt romney's lies if they're not countered in debates? >> ed, it's not as if these people are just tuning in right now. you know, this race has been going on for some time. they -- you know, they know that mitt romney has been campaigning for the last two years on a $5 trillion tax cut. that's the only piece of his economic policy. that's what he points to when h
called mitt romney out for what he did last night. not just about his $5 trillion tax cut but a number of other things. and, you know, we'll continue doing that. as i was listening to your piece coming into me, and you talked about our ad. we went on the air today. we're going to continue doing it pointing out all the things mitt romney said last night that are basically not true. it's almost as if he forgot what the last six years of running for president meant. >> yeah. so are you -- i...
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. >> well, mitt romney came last night to do what he had to do. he was the new combat ready, up armored mitt romney. he gave newt gingrich's tact incompete -- tactics right back at him. he was in newt's face the whole time. it really had the feel of a bully being confronted by a guy who was ready for it. >> let's look at what newt said, one of his worst moments. he was asked by wolf blitzer about a spanish language radio ad his campaign made. the ad calls romney anti-immigrant. romney seized the opportunity to go after gingrich. let's watch. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant candidate? >> of the four of us, yes. >> i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my mother was born in wales. i think you should apologize it and having differences of opinions on issues does not justify labeling people with highly charged epithets. >> susan page, even when he gets mad and angry, he uses terms like highly charged epithets. i guess he won that round clearly. what do you make of that? he came very formally, as always, but very in control of th
. >> well, mitt romney came last night to do what he had to do. he was the new combat ready, up armored mitt romney. he gave newt gingrich's tact incompete -- tactics right back at him. he was in newt's face the whole time. it really had the feel of a bully being confronted by a guy who was ready for it. >> let's look at what newt said, one of his worst moments. he was asked by wolf blitzer about a spanish language radio ad his campaign made. the ad calls romney anti-immigrant....
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back last night. dick cheney hosted a fundraiser for e candidate in his hom ste ofyomi. indditn tohe ctingt of norstherwereroteers e sce. accoing the.a. mes,ne n weing dartvademask held sigwithn arw pointing to the direction of cheney's house that said dinner on the "titanic." another protester sign said, 1% wardthe lf cplexnd 9 towa an entrce to t gra ten naonalark. anpictes tcommoratthe enin , thevenwas osedo th press and one possible reason is cheney left office with a 13% approval rating. a snapshot of the duo might not behe bt seing int. >>> nall evewatcd a clasc diey mie a sai y th chacteremin me meon wellthe lks the huffgtonost d so match-ups. let's look at some highlights, all personalities aside. barney frank, look for his look ike,hinkoofyut lal coanio howboutr. se om per p. all e coressn nes is th hatnd is a ne dl. en tre'sarahalin. we he se thisnapot before the hint? her disney twin transitions from ladylike to the wild ways of her husbd wh theget rrie it janport frotarz. i gsse cld s theb
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ed gillespie said that on mitt romney's behalf last night. but then, update, today the campaign changed its mind and said, never mind, no, no, no, mitt romney is not against fair pay for women. of course, paul ryan voted against it in congress. the romney campaign used to say it did not know mr. romney's position on the subject. last night mr. romney himself refused to give a position, then the campaign said last night that he was against it, then today they say he's not against it, but he wouldn't repeal it, so maybe that means he's fine with it. everybody clear on that? the president went on today to talk about mr. romney's ideas on contraception, another area where mr. romney's campaign is an impenetrable mess. he got a big round of applause last night -- sorry, mr. obama got a big round of applause at his speech today for saying that nobody should be able to interfere with a weems access to contraception. again, like the connection between romney and george w. bush, and like the basic question of supporting or not supporting fair pay for
ed gillespie said that on mitt romney's behalf last night. but then, update, today the campaign changed its mind and said, never mind, no, no, no, mitt romney is not against fair pay for women. of course, paul ryan voted against it in congress. the romney campaign used to say it did not know mr. romney's position on the subject. last night mr. romney himself refused to give a position, then the campaign said last night that he was against it, then today they say he's not against it, but he...
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romney's performance last night really what women want? stay with us. >> but the right answer is not to have the federal government take over health care and start mandating to the providers across america telling a patient and a doctor what kind of treatment they can have. >> jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it. [ horn honks ] [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the kids' college tuition. [ cellphone ringing ] but life insurance? [ horn honking ] life is unpredictable. that's why at fidelity life we want you to think about term life insurance -- taking care of your family's future expenses if something happens to you. it's easy. we get to know you and your needs, then give you our best quote and our competitors'. you choose and save up to 70%. that could mean $250,000 of coverage for just $15 a month. we offer plans with no medical exam, and we've been in business for over 100 years. call fidelity life. ♪ or visit fideli
romney's performance last night really what women want? stay with us. >> but the right answer is not to have the federal government take over health care and start mandating to the providers across america telling a patient and a doctor what kind of treatment they can have. >> jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it. [ horn honks ] [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the...
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that's why we saw that new slit version of the romney-bot on wednesday night. this romneybot, they worked on him in the factory for hours. >> oh, lord, cynthia. >> making sure he had the right smile, making sure he seemed warm and sincere. well, who was that guy? >> i think he was -- >> this is not a guy we've seen on the campaign trail for the last -- >> i can't take any of this seriously. >> -- for the last several months. >> i think first off the whole idea that this guy is an empty suit is laughable to say that, number one. he was the governor of a state and was successful. he was able to cobble together the coalition, something this president hasn't been able to do quite frankly to get his agenda done. >> why does he keep saying -- this one gets to me. i don't like the word lie. i think he's dealing an untruth here. he did it the other night after being corrected by his staff on one of the sunday shows. he said that his health care plan, such as it's going to be, will cover people who don't have coverage for pre-existing conditions and they try to buy a po
that's why we saw that new slit version of the romney-bot on wednesday night. this romneybot, they worked on him in the factory for hours. >> oh, lord, cynthia. >> making sure he had the right smile, making sure he seemed warm and sincere. well, who was that guy? >> i think he was -- >> this is not a guy we've seen on the campaign trail for the last -- >> i can't take any of this seriously. >> -- for the last several months. >> i think first off the...
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romney worked both those strategies last night and mr. romney, of course, won the debate, on style, on presentation, he won on demeanor. now day two is the attempted cleanup for things he actually said. today has been a day of mr. romney's campaign saying he did not mean what he said about people with pre-existing conditions being able to get health insurance. his campaign said today he does not have a plan for that even though he said he did. the romney campaign today said he did not mean what he said about half the energy companies supported by the obama administration going bankrupt. he didn't actually mean that. sort of rolled over from democratic and liberal bewilderment last night that mr. romney was abandoning his main economic plan that he was running on, his $5 trillion tax cut plan, his big trickle-down plan, to be rolled over from democrats being bewildered about that to the beltway press and mainstream pundits i think now having a hard time deciding whether they are supposed to call that a lie or whether they're supposed to ju
romney worked both those strategies last night and mr. romney, of course, won the debate, on style, on presentation, he won on demeanor. now day two is the attempted cleanup for things he actually said. today has been a day of mr. romney's campaign saying he did not mean what he said about people with pre-existing conditions being able to get health insurance. his campaign said today he does not have a plan for that even though he said he did. the romney campaign today said he did not mean what...
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remarks last night. he told host ed schultz, in his view, they show mitt romney's character. >> anyone who would talk about 47% of americans with the kind of disdain that he used with his words simply -- i mean, why does he want to be the president of america? how can he possibly pull us together if he at the get go has said that 47% of us are unworthy? >> ed, these are the most reprehensible, despicable, pathetic words i have heard come out of a candidate's mouth. i think this should disqualify him from ever being the president of our country. >> don't miss the ed show on msnbc. the place for politics. >>> o outrage against the u.s. stretched into a second week in the muslim world as the powerful leader of hezbollah calls for protests against that anti-islam film to continue. nbc's tracie potts has the details. she's in washington for us. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. now it's turned deadly in afghanistan. a suicide bombing there. at least nine people, foreign airport workers killed when
remarks last night. he told host ed schultz, in his view, they show mitt romney's character. >> anyone who would talk about 47% of americans with the kind of disdain that he used with his words simply -- i mean, why does he want to be the president of america? how can he possibly pull us together if he at the get go has said that 47% of us are unworthy? >> ed, these are the most reprehensible, despicable, pathetic words i have heard come out of a candidate's mouth. i think this...
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romney did -- governor romney was terrific last night. he did all the things he had to do to get back in this race, and i am also mystified at the president's strategy. you know, chris, i'm a good sports fan. in fact, i even do sports tv and i write -- >> i know you do. >> and there's a great sports analogy. when you play the perfect defense when you have a lead, when you try to sit on the ball in basketball when you have got a lead, when you play conservative, what often happens is you lose the lead. and i can't for the life of me believe that that's what they did, but that's the only explanation. they told the president, don't be confrontational. they told the president, be above it all, act presidential. but the one thing that gets me when i was running for re-election as mayor and when i was running for re-election as governor and even d.a., i had a passion for what we'd accomplished. i had a passion to explain where we didn't accomplish something, why we didn't, what the roadblocks were, and he could have done that without being aggr
romney did -- governor romney was terrific last night. he did all the things he had to do to get back in this race, and i am also mystified at the president's strategy. you know, chris, i'm a good sports fan. in fact, i even do sports tv and i write -- >> i know you do. >> and there's a great sports analogy. when you play the perfect defense when you have a lead, when you try to sit on the ball in basketball when you have got a lead, when you play conservative, what often happens is...
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you heard the president last night with mr. romney. mr. romney being a different mr. romney than we've seen him for the last 18 months or the last section years. do you think even with the new hit romney that showed up last night when he starts talking about states' rights, when he starts talking about regulation or deregulation, when he starts saying he doesn't advocate $5 trillion tax cut when in fact the numbers prove that he does and has been advocating that, will that resonate with independent voters and/or undecided voters in your state of ohio? >> i don't think so. i think people realize that governor romney is still wrong on medicare and still wrong on trade and still wrong on jobs and still wrong on the middle class. i think that's increasingly clear. again it goes back to which path do you go. do you want to go back to the trickle down economics you give tax cuts to the rich and hope it helps the middle class or do you focus on the middle class and that's trait enforcement, it's i don't think training at community colleges like columbus state and sinclair. i
you heard the president last night with mr. romney. mr. romney being a different mr. romney than we've seen him for the last 18 months or the last section years. do you think even with the new hit romney that showed up last night when he starts talking about states' rights, when he starts talking about regulation or deregulation, when he starts saying he doesn't advocate $5 trillion tax cut when in fact the numbers prove that he does and has been advocating that, will that resonate with...
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tomorrow night. so it changes the subject a little bit. it's a bright, shiny object. it diverts attention away from the huge expectations that he has. mitt romney's lost control pr an expectations perspective to reality. he's behind in the race. he has to have a good debate performance to begin to close the gap to get back in the race and to get ahead of president obama if he's to be elected president. >> so this is sort of a safe -- obviously the romney campaign is hoping they do very well. if they do well, they can pretend this story didn't happen and try to get a bounce out of the debate. if they don't do well, they can fall back on this and hope it crowds out discussion of a bad debate performance? >> i watched the tape earlier online from the speech that the president gave five years ago. i think there's almost zero chance we'll be talking about this tape on thursday morning. >> unless the right makes it a cause against the media. there's rich ground to plow there in terms of whether or not the
tomorrow night. so it changes the subject a little bit. it's a bright, shiny object. it diverts attention away from the huge expectations that he has. mitt romney's lost control pr an expectations perspective to reality. he's behind in the race. he has to have a good debate performance to begin to close the gap to get back in the race and to get ahead of president obama if he's to be elected president. >> so this is sort of a safe -- obviously the romney campaign is hoping they do very...
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is it the romney there last night or the romney in the past? do you think he really believes that 2014 is it? or he asks the generals again, do we stay longer? >> we're probably going to end up with some sort of a residual force, but right now close to 70,000. if we end up with 10,000 or 15,000 in afghanistan, it's not the end of the world. i think it makes sense if we can get a situation where americans and afghans can work together and train together. the biggest problem with afghanistan is people we're training are killing the americans. >> and, willie, that really is -- i did not go to any military colleges, but if you were actually training people to turn around and kill you, that's a bad sign you need to get out of the country. >> i audited a class at west pointe once. >> here we go. we were doing so well. coming up live -- >> what about the giants? we're going to talk about the giants. >> we're going to keep going here. senator john mccain will be here onset. and also romney's sparring partner and debate prep, dr. brzezinski will join us
is it the romney there last night or the romney in the past? do you think he really believes that 2014 is it? or he asks the generals again, do we stay longer? >> we're probably going to end up with some sort of a residual force, but right now close to 70,000. if we end up with 10,000 or 15,000 in afghanistan, it's not the end of the world. i think it makes sense if we can get a situation where americans and afghans can work together and train together. the biggest problem with...
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we begin with mitt romney's strong debate performance last night. susan page is the washington bureau chief for "usa today." howard, look at these two polls. two new polls out today that show the race in florida turning strongly for romney. take a look. both the latest sunshine state news poll and the quinnipiac poll have romney ahead. at one poll he's at 40 and the other at 38%. your sense of why newt is losing, why mitt is winning. >> well, mitt romney came last night to do what he had to do. he was the new combat ready, up armored mitt romney. he gave newt gingrich's tact -- tactics right back at him. he was in newt's face the whole time. it really had the feel of a bully being confronted by a guy who was ready for it. >> let's look at what newt said, one of his worst moments. gingrich was asked by wolf blitzer about a spanish language radio ad his campaign made. the ad calls romney anti-immigrant. romney seized the opportunity to go after gingrich. let's watch. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant candidate? >> of the four of us, yes. >> i'm n
we begin with mitt romney's strong debate performance last night. susan page is the washington bureau chief for "usa today." howard, look at these two polls. two new polls out today that show the race in florida turning strongly for romney. take a look. both the latest sunshine state news poll and the quinnipiac poll have romney ahead. at one poll he's at 40 and the other at 38%. your sense of why newt is losing, why mitt is winning. >> well, mitt romney came last night to do...
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after last night's vote it would take something catastrophic now to prevent mitt romney from becoming the republican nominee for president. he rolls down to south carolina this morning, ten days ahead of the january 21st primary there. here in new hampshire, the final tally reflects broad support for romney across the state. he won 5 of new hampshire's 12 total delegates. ron paul came in second with three. jon huntsman has two. mitt romney has a total of 16 delegates after this near win in iowa, son tore rum comes in second overall with 11 kel gatts. ron paul rounding out the top three. south carolina's 25 delegates, florida's 50 delegates still up for grabs. both of those states, winner take all primaries after the decisive victory in new hampshire, the romney camp hopes this will send a signal to the republican party that it's time to rally behind the front-runner. romney turned his attention toward the general election and president obama while taking a swipe at his republican rivals who stepped up his attacks against him during the leadup to yesterday's vote. >> president obama w
after last night's vote it would take something catastrophic now to prevent mitt romney from becoming the republican nominee for president. he rolls down to south carolina this morning, ten days ahead of the january 21st primary there. here in new hampshire, the final tally reflects broad support for romney across the state. he won 5 of new hampshire's 12 total delegates. ron paul came in second with three. jon huntsman has two. mitt romney has a total of 16 delegates after this near win in...
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>> mitt romney continues the cleanup after last night's disaster. "mother jones" has released the full video of a mitt romney fund-raiser, and it gets even worse for the republican. tonight senator bernie sanders on america's first glimpse of the real mitt romney. bob sha rum and eugene robinson on the political disaster for republicans. david k. johnson on the 47% of american victims mitt romney is dismissing. and richard wolf on romney's disastrous view of the middle east. >> we have a potentially volatile situation, and we sort of have to live with it. field and ultimately somehow something will happen to resolve it. >> thanks for watching. for the the better part of the year mitt romney tried to let people know who he is. the hidden camera video from a florida closed door fund-raiser has been released in full. at one point during the $50,000 per plate dinner romney talked about how he is refining his stump speech. >> i wind up talking about the thing i find most disappointing in this president is his attack of -- of one american against another
>> mitt romney continues the cleanup after last night's disaster. "mother jones" has released the full video of a mitt romney fund-raiser, and it gets even worse for the republican. tonight senator bernie sanders on america's first glimpse of the real mitt romney. bob sha rum and eugene robinson on the political disaster for republicans. david k. johnson on the 47% of american victims mitt romney is dismissing. and richard wolf on romney's disastrous view of the middle east....
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romney snagged more delegates last night than his opponents. none of them threw an election night congratulations to them. zero. that's tonight's big number. >>> up next, advertisers are ditching rush limbaugh's radio show after his ugly attack against the law school student sandra fluke. more coming with him. there he is, bouncing away. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "hardball." dozens of advertisers have now ditched the rush limbaugh show after limbaugh's offensive attack last week on georgetown law student sandra fluke. today, rush played down the fleeing of support. >> everything is fine on the business side. everything is cool. 28 sponsors out of 18,000. that's like losing a couple of french fries in the container when it's delivered to you at the drive-through. you don't even notice it. none of what's happening is out of the ordinary. it's just part of an onslaught to try to convince you that this show's history. and our days are numbered. and i'm happy to tell you nothing could be further from the truth. >> and
romney snagged more delegates last night than his opponents. none of them threw an election night congratulations to them. zero. that's tonight's big number. >>> up next, advertisers are ditching rush limbaugh's radio show after his ugly attack against the law school student sandra fluke. more coming with him. there he is, bouncing away. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "hardball." dozens of advertisers have now ditched the rush...
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i thought he clearly won last night. he was helped by romney. he was helped by romney for two reasons. one, romney made a classic mistake. he came to the second debate, thoroughly prepared for the first debate. he said the same lines, often using the same words that he had said two weeks ago. so he had telegraphed every line, he had telegraphed his arguments. the president knew what he was going to say and was prepared to box him, to call him, to hold him accountable. secondly, on style, romney was like the hall monitor. and then he was lake a frustrated guy who, because he couldn't have everything his way. you know, if ownership on the wrong side of the gender gap, i wouldn't fight with a female moderator of a debate. i wouldn't try to bully her. and it's even worse if you end up failing. >> michael, is there any issue that mitt romney gained ground on last night? >> i think he did, on the libya piece. >> michael! you're not serious! come on, you can't be serious. i mean, you can't be serious about that! it was a disaster. it was a train wreck.
i thought he clearly won last night. he was helped by romney. he was helped by romney for two reasons. one, romney made a classic mistake. he came to the second debate, thoroughly prepared for the first debate. he said the same lines, often using the same words that he had said two weeks ago. so he had telegraphed every line, he had telegraphed his arguments. the president knew what he was going to say and was prepared to box him, to call him, to hold him accountable. secondly, on style, romney...
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and understand -- >> that's what romney said last night. he wants it to be a playpen where everybody in the world -- cowboy comes in the country and, there's no epa, there's no taxes, there's no -- there's no capital gains. everything is like -- there's no estate taxes. everything is great. >> i think the -- >> did you hear what he said last night. >> yes, i did. >> how great -- his idea of a great america is make all huge amounts of money you can at the top. >> yes, it is. it is. i think that's part of it, of course. i mean, wouldn't it be great to live in a world without a sheriff if you're one of the guys with guns? i think also that jewish mother comment gets at another reason why these guys feel so hurt and offended by obama. they really see themselves in their own vision of the world, they see themselves as the heroes of the american story. not only as rich, but as virtuous. as people who have the key to successful for the whole country. and obama -- and i think a very delicate and subtle way, is challenging that. >> that's right. he
and understand -- >> that's what romney said last night. he wants it to be a playpen where everybody in the world -- cowboy comes in the country and, there's no epa, there's no taxes, there's no -- there's no capital gains. everything is like -- there's no estate taxes. everything is great. >> i think the -- >> did you hear what he said last night. >> yes, i did. >> how great -- his idea of a great america is make all huge amounts of money you can at the top....
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you said that romney was lying on wednesday night. now, that's possible or it's possible he's now telling the truth and the others were lies. you can't have a tax cut of that size and not add to the deficit because there are not enough loopholes to close to get you to that point. >> dana, isn't that the problem? he comes out of this debate having three at trically won a score in terms of the night but now he's got the problem of having to defend an economic plan that is really problematic for him, particularly given his record and particularly given the republican base. going forward, doesn't he have the burden to defend what he did the other night? >> he does. i assume what is going on here is romney said, look, with the hard right thing, we are down in the key states. we're down overall. this isn't working. well, let's bring back that etch-a-sketch campaign. will americans believe suddenly this man that's been saying one thing for the last year or two is now believed something entirely different? he's simply walked away from the who
you said that romney was lying on wednesday night. now, that's possible or it's possible he's now telling the truth and the others were lies. you can't have a tax cut of that size and not add to the deficit because there are not enough loopholes to close to get you to that point. >> dana, isn't that the problem? he comes out of this debate having three at trically won a score in terms of the night but now he's got the problem of having to defend an economic plan that is really problematic...
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got a tough question on education policy last night. it's allowing him to duck and dive. >> you talked about the attacks on perry. you're right. we continue to see those with each debate. are they starting to have an effect at all in the polls? >> we don't have direct evidence yet. the past month has seen rick perry sky high in the polls. he's now the clear front runner in the race. we'll start getting some national polls probably in the next two or three weeks to see if these past three debates have taken a toll on perry. one thing to note. the winners of these debates four years ago didn't win the respective democratic and republican nominations but the challenge for perry is he can't seem like he couldn't stand on the debate stage with obama come november 2012. >> he doesn't have to win them but he can't blow them. >> exactly. >> thank you, sir. always appreciate you. >>> the people whose opinions really matter in this debate, the republican base. joining us now is president of freedom works, one of the big movers and shakers in the
got a tough question on education policy last night. it's allowing him to duck and dive. >> you talked about the attacks on perry. you're right. we continue to see those with each debate. are they starting to have an effect at all in the polls? >> we don't have direct evidence yet. the past month has seen rick perry sky high in the polls. he's now the clear front runner in the race. we'll start getting some national polls probably in the next two or three weeks to see if these past...
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do you think mitt romney passed the commander in chief test last night? >> well, actually, he didn't. the thing is when he goes out to partisan rallies, he tries to say his positions are different than the president's. that he's going to be tougher, stronger, meaner, more macho, more robust, greater resolve, greater force, more powerful. but when you pin him down on exactly what he would do, he has the same positions as the president and so he actually didn't pass the test because you can't say one thing in one place and something else somewhere else. foreign policy is built on the reputation of the president. and the commander in chief for clear vision and strong resolve, for consistency. that's what mitt romney failed on last night. >> let me play for you the analysis of the running mating this morning. here it is. >> we saw a man with a command of the facts, with the kind of temperament and demeanor that makes for a great president. >> commander of the facts and the temper and demeanor. there are a lot of analysts saying that he played it safe but also
do you think mitt romney passed the commander in chief test last night? >> well, actually, he didn't. the thing is when he goes out to partisan rallies, he tries to say his positions are different than the president's. that he's going to be tougher, stronger, meaner, more macho, more robust, greater resolve, greater force, more powerful. but when you pin him down on exactly what he would do, he has the same positions as the president and so he actually didn't pass the test because you...
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it didn't work well for romney last night. will that issue stick with voters? i'll ask shawn spicer. and our own spin debate room. [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the ultimate in wherever whenever investing. no matter what kind of investor you are, you'll find the technology to help you become a better one at e-trade. >>> mitt romney is perpetrating fraud. on the american people. if you take his tax cut and he promises i'm not going to raise the deficit. he promises that the wealthy aren't going to pay a dime less and he promises he'll give the middle class a tax cut. you have a man running for the presidency of the united states on the central issue of our time and he's not being straight with the a
it didn't work well for romney last night. will that issue stick with voters? i'll ask shawn spicer. and our own spin debate room. [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the...
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but i've got to say another great line romney had last night. he said if you believe that we're in a detour, and this is not our destiny, then join me. do you know how many americans want to believe this is a detour and who know it can be just a detour. >> this is an optimistic country. >> it's optimistic. >> with a smile on its face usually. the difference between your dad and my dad is my dad instructed us to get out of the car and steal that car -- >> oh, lordy. okay. >> i know. >> we'll be talking to the candidate, the winner of the new hampshire primary in a few moments here. maybe we can lean up our act a little bit. >> just a little bit. >> it'd be nice. >> sam stein, you write for "the huffington post." and you hang out with a few progressives. i think even progressives don't want their president to be running a reelection campaign that deviates from hope and change. let's look at democratic presidents. four years ago, he had a very hopeful message. bill clinton, what was the punch line of the '92 convention? i still believe in a place c
but i've got to say another great line romney had last night. he said if you believe that we're in a detour, and this is not our destiny, then join me. do you know how many americans want to believe this is a detour and who know it can be just a detour. >> this is an optimistic country. >> it's optimistic. >> with a smile on its face usually. the difference between your dad and my dad is my dad instructed us to get out of the car and steal that car -- >> oh, lordy. okay....